Pope applies for US postal vote | Beginner German Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

Today's story: Pope Leo has applied for a postal vote in the US.. You will hear it in German first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in German: Papst Leo beantragt Briefwahl in den USA
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(01:31) Today's headline, slowly
(02:16) Applying for something
(03:02) Time for elections
(03:42) Sending a ballot
(04:16) Today's grammar point
(04:50) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
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TODAY'S GERMAN TEXT
Papst Leo beantragt Briefwahl in den USA
Papst Leo XIV. beantragte am 3. Oktober im Vatikan eine Briefwahl.
Er ist in Illinois als Wähler registriert.
Der Antrag gilt für die Wahlen in den USA nächste Woche.
Das Büro in Will County hat seinen ausgefüllten Stimmzettel noch nicht erhalten.
Es ist nicht klar, ob Leo den Stimmzettel ausgefüllt oder abgeschickt hat.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (beantragen)
- vocabulary (registriert)
- vocabulary (nächste Woche)
- vocabulary (noch nicht)
- vocabulary (abgeschickt)
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